Data tables, 2016 Census

First Official Language Spoken (7), Language Spoken Most Often at Home (269), Age (15A) and Sex (3) for the Population Excluding Institutional Residents of Canada, Provinces and Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2016 Census - 100% Data The letter C inside a yellow triangle - correction

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This table details first official language spoken , language spoken most often at home , age and sex for the population excluding institutional residents in Ottawa
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Language spoken most often at home (269) First official language spoken (7)
Total - First official language spoken English French English and French Neither English nor French Official language minority (number)Footnote 1 Official language minority (percentage)Footnote 2
Total - Language spoken most often at homeFootnote 3 923,370 749,725 138,900 21,305 13,445 149,550 16.2
Single responses 866,210 710,375 127,905 14,490 13,450 135,150 15.6
Official languages 766,805 641,510 125,295 0 0 125,300 16.3
English 680,895 639,295 41,600 0 0 41,600 6.1
French 85,910 2,215 83,695 0 0 83,700 97.4
Non-official languages 99,400 68,860 2,605 14,485 13,445 9,850 9.9
Aboriginal languages 210 195 0 15 5 10 4.8
Algonquian languages 75 55 0 15 5 5 6.7
Blackfoot 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree-Montagnais languages 55 45 0 10 5 0 0.0
Atikamekw 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Montagnais (Innu) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Moose Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Naskapi 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Northern East Cree 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Plains Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern East Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Swampy Cree 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Woods Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cree, n.o.s. 30 25 0 10 0 5 16.7
Eastern Algonquian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Malecite 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mi'kmaq 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway-Potawatomi languages 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Algonquin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ojibway 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Oji-Cree 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Ottawa (Odawa) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Algonquian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Athabaskan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Babine (Wetsuwet'en) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Beaver 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Carrier 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Chilcotin 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dene 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dogrib (Tlicho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gwich'in 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sarsi (Sarcee) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Sekani 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey-Hare languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
North Slavey (Hare) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
South Slavey 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Slavey, n.o.s. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kaska (Nahani) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tahltan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tutchone languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Northern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Southern Tutchone 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Athabaskan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuit languages 135 130 0 0 5 0 0.0
Inuinnaqtun (Inuvialuktun) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Inuktitut 120 110 5 0 0 0 0.0
Inuit languages, n.i.e. 10 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Iroquoian languages 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cayuga 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Mohawk 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Oneida 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Iroquoian languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kutenai 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Michif 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Comox 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Halkomelem 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Lillooet 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Okanagan 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Shuswap (Secwepemctsin) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Squamish 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Straits 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Thompson (Ntlakapamux) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Salish languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Dakota 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Stoney 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Siouan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tlingit 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Gitxsan (Gitksan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nisga'a 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Tsimshian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Haisla 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Heiltsuk 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Kwakiutl (Kwak'wala) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Wakashan languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Aboriginal languages, n.o.s. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Non-Aboriginal languages 99,195 68,675 2,605 14,475 13,440 9,840 9.9
Afro-Asiatic languages 24,670 14,835 970 5,085 3,780 3,515 14.2
Berber languages 220 20 30 150 15 105 47.7
Kabyle 180 25 25 125 15 85 47.2
Berber languages, n.i.e. 40 0 5 30 5 20 50.0
Cushitic languages 3,855 2,335 245 750 525 620 16.1
Bilen 25 20 0 0 5 5 20.0
Oromo 130 115 0 10 10 5 3.8
Somali 3,640 2,180 240 720 505 600 16.5
Cushitic languages, n.i.e. 55 20 5 15 10 15 27.3
Semitic languages 20,580 12,460 695 4,185 3,240 2,790 13.6
Amharic 840 725 5 50 60 30 3.6
Arabic 19,100 11,210 690 4,095 3,105 2,735 14.3
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 35 25 0 5 5 5 14.3
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 5 0 0 0 5 0 0.0
Harari 20 15 0 0 5 0 0.0
Hebrew 135 115 5 15 0 10 7.4
Maltese 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tigrigna 420 350 0 15 55 10 2.4
Semitic languages, n.i.e. 25 20 0 5 0 5 20.0
Afro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e. 10 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austro-Asiatic languages 4,145 2,870 60 520 690 320 7.7
Khmer (Cambodian) 460 305 10 30 115 25 5.4
Vietnamese 3,675 2,560 50 490 575 295 8.0
Austro-Asiatic languages, n.i.e 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages 3,340 3,200 5 50 75 30 0.9
Bikol 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Cebuano 120 115 0 0 5 0 0.0
Fijian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Hiligaynon 40 40 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ilocano 230 215 0 0 10 0 0.0
Malagasy 15 0 5 10 0 10 66.7
Malay 115 115 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pampangan (Kapampangan, Pampango) 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Pangasinan 10 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino) 2,740 2,650 0 35 60 20 0.7
Waray-Waray 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Austronesian languages, n.i.e. 40 35 0 5 0 5 12.5
Creole languages 1,825 165 740 750 175 1,115 61.1
Haitian Creole 155 10 65 65 10 100 64.5
Creole, n.o.s. 1,605 120 670 650 160 995 62.0
Creole languages, n.i.e. 65 30 5 30 0 20 30.8
Dravidian languages 1,845 1,555 5 145 145 75 4.1
Kannada 75 60 0 10 10 5 6.7
Malayalam 280 250 0 15 20 5 1.8
Tamil 1,285 1,065 5 110 105 60 4.7
Telugu 195 175 0 5 15 5 2.6
Dravidian languages, n.i.e. 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Hmong-Mien languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Indo-European languages 37,275 27,290 420 5,995 3,565 3,415 9.2
Albanian 300 215 0 35 45 20 6.7
Armenian 205 110 10 75 15 45 22.0
Balto-Slavic languages 8,920 6,545 50 1,620 700 865 9.7
Baltic languages 105 70 0 35 0 20 19.0
Latvian 55 35 0 20 0 15 27.3
Lithuanian 50 35 0 10 0 5 10.0
Slavic languages 8,815 6,475 55 1,590 700 850 9.6
Belarusan 20 15 0 0 5 5 25.0
Bosnian 305 245 5 35 25 15 4.9
Bulgarian 400 260 5 105 25 60 15.0
Croatian 330 255 5 50 15 30 9.1
Czech 210 175 0 25 5 15 7.1
Macedonian 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Polish 1,990 1,515 15 345 125 180 9.0
Russian 3,625 2,650 25 575 370 315 8.7
Serbian 1,000 715 5 220 70 110 11.0
Serbo-Croatian 200 155 0 35 10 15 7.5
Slovak 190 155 0 30 10 15 7.9
Slovene (Slovenian) 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ukrainian 505 310 0 155 40 85 16.8
Slavic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Celtic languages 10 10 0 5 0 0 0.0
Scottish Gaelic 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Welsh 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Celtic languages, n.i.e. 0 5 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Germanic languages 915 630 5 255 25 135 14.8
Afrikaans 40 35 0 0 0 0 0.0
Danish 20 20 0 5 0 0 0.0
Dutch 145 95 0 45 5 25 17.2
Frisian 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
German 625 430 5 175 15 95 15.2
Icelandic 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Norwegian 15 10 0 0 0 5 33.3
Swedish 50 35 0 20 0 5 10.0
Vlaams (Flemish) 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Yiddish 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Germanic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Greek 620 475 0 95 50 55 8.9
Indo-Iranian languages 14,670 12,000 25 1,155 1,485 605 4.1
Indo-Aryan languages 9,590 8,045 15 685 845 355 3.7
Bengali 1,950 1,665 5 160 120 85 4.4
Gujarati 610 535 0 20 55 10 1.6
Hindi 1,280 1,105 5 75 90 45 3.5
Kashmiri 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Konkani 35 30 0 5 5 0 0.0
Marathi 110 95 0 15 5 5 4.5
Nepali 730 525 5 45 160 25 3.4
Oriya (Odia) 10 10 0 0 0 5 50.0
Punjabi (Panjabi) 2,190 1,740 0 205 245 100 4.6
Sindhi 65 55 0 0 5 0 0.0
Sinhala (Sinhalese) 390 350 0 15 15 10 2.6
Urdu 2,215 1,935 0 135 145 70 3.2
Iranian languages 5,050 3,935 10 470 640 245 4.9
Kurdish 375 295 0 35 45 15 4.0
Pashto 645 490 0 35 125 15 2.3
Persian (Farsi) 4,040 3,155 10 405 465 215 5.3
Indo-Iranian languages, n.i.e. 20 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Italic (Romance) languages 11,630 7,310 325 2,755 1,245 1,700 14.6
Catalan 15 15 0 5 0 5 33.3
Italian 2,500 1,765 40 295 395 190 7.6
Portuguese 1,850 1,125 85 410 225 295 15.9
Romanian 1,195 495 35 555 115 310 25.9
Spanish 6,070 3,910 165 1,480 515 900 14.8
Italic (Romance) languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Japanese 380 280 15 60 30 40 10.5
Kartvelian languages 5 10 0 0 0 0 0.0
Georgian 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Korean 1,140 965 0 70 110 35 3.1
Mongolic languages 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Mongolian 15 15 0 5 0 0 0.0
Niger-Congo languages 1,480 570 310 500 100 565 38.2
Akan (Twi) 125 110 0 10 0 5 4.0
Bamanankan 15 0 5 10 0 10 66.7
Edo 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ewe 20 10 5 5 0 5 25.0
Fulah (Pular, Pulaar, Fulfulde) 25 5 10 10 0 15 60.0
Ga 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Ganda 30 30 0 0 0 0 0.0
Igbo 55 55 0 0 0 0 0.0
Lingala 70 0 40 30 5 55 78.6
Rundi (Kirundi) 265 20 80 150 20 155 58.5
Kinyarwanda (Rwanda) 225 40 65 100 25 115 51.1
Shona 25 20 0 0 0 0 0.0
Swahili 380 150 75 125 25 140 36.8
Wolof 30 5 15 10 0 20 66.7
Yoruba 55 50 0 10 0 5 9.1
Niger-Congo languages, n.i.e. 145 65 30 40 15 50 34.5
Nilo-Saharan languages 80 65 0 5 10 0 0.0
Dinka 25 25 0 5 0 5 20.0
Nilo-Saharan languages, n.i.e. 50 40 0 0 10 5 10.0
Sign languages 310 155 20 10 120 25 8.1
American Sign Language 105 65 0 5 30 5 4.8
Quebec Sign Language 15 0 5 0 5 5 33.3
Sign languages, n.i.e 190 90 10 5 85 15 7.9
Sino-Tibetan languages 21,045 15,480 40 1,035 4,495 555 2.6
Chinese languages 20,465 15,000 40 1,030 4,400 555 2.7
Cantonese 5,840 3,815 10 260 1,750 140 2.4
Hakka 50 40 0 0 10 0 0.0
Mandarin 13,450 10,350 20 715 2,370 375 2.8
Min Dong 15 10 0 0 5 0 0.0
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese) 280 185 10 20 75 15 5.4
Wu (Shanghainese) 250 145 0 20 90 10 4.0
Chinese, n.o.s. 570 455 0 15 100 10 1.8
Chinese languages, n.i.e. 5 5 0 0 0 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages 580 485 0 5 95 0 0.0
Burmese 150 130 0 0 15 0 0.0
Karenic languages 245 200 0 0 50 0 0.0
Tibetan 70 60 0 0 10 0 0.0
Tibeto-Burman languages, n.i.e. 110 95 0 0 20 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages 260 195 5 25 30 20 7.7
Lao 165 115 10 25 15 15 9.1
Thai 95 80 0 5 15 0 0.0
Tai-Kadai languages, n.i.e 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Turkic languages 855 630 5 125 95 70 8.2
Azerbaijani 50 35 0 10 5 5 10.0
Turkish 745 545 5 110 80 60 8.1
Uyghur 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uzbek 40 25 0 5 5 5 12.5
Turkic languages, n.i.e. 15 15 0 0 0 0 0.0
Uralic languages 500 370 5 100 25 50 10.0
Estonian 20 15 0 5 0 5 25.0
Finnish 35 25 0 5 0 5 14.3
Hungarian 445 330 5 85 25 50 11.2
Uralic languages, n.i.e. 0 0 0 0 0 0 not applicable ...
Other languages, n.i.e. 35 20 0 5 0 5 14.3
Multiple responses 57,160 39,350 11,000 6,815 0 14,405 25.2
English and French 12,480 1,965 6,390 4,130 0 8,455 67.7
English and non-official language 36,685 36,375 315 0 0 315 0.9
French and non-official language 3,305 70 3,235 0 0 3,230 97.7
English, French and non-official language 4,685 935 1,060 2,690 0 2,405 51.3

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Footnote(s)

Footnote 1

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 2

The official language minority population of Quebec includes all individuals with English as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French. The official language minority population of the country overall and of every province and territory other than Quebec includes individuals with French as a first official language spoken and half of those with both English and French.

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Footnote 3

n.i.e. = not included elsewhere
n.o.s. = not otherwise specified

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Source: Statistics Canada, 2016 Census of Population, Statistics Canada Catalogue no. 98-400-X2016070.

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